Focke-Wulf
Triebflugel (1944)

SCALE:
1/72

INITIAL
RELEASE: 1990

MEDIUM:
Polystyrene

RARITY: (3)

Triebflugels
Attack!

ABOUT THE
DESIGN

ABOUT THE
KIT

The Triebflugel was
Focke-Wulf's entry in Germany's race to build a viable Vertical Take-Off and
Landing (VTOL) fighter, a plane not dependent on conventional -- and vulnerable
-- airfields. Designed in 1944, the plane sported three rotating wings
intended to function like helicopter blades. Once in motion, the blades
would provide enough thrust to operate the Pabst ramjets located on the
wingtips. Unique among all 20th Century VTOL concepts, the Triebflugel
only got as far as wind-tunnel models.

Huma's 1/72-scale
Triebflugel
was one of the first "Luftwaffe '46"-style kits released in the 1990's.
Its success helped pave the way for the dozens of other German WWII project
aircraft kits that were eventually produced by Huma Modell and other companies
in the years that followed.